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November 2, 2009 Category: Brooklyn, California, East Bay, Greater LA Area, Manhattan, New York, New York City, North Bay, San Francisco, South Bay, United States, blog management, the scoop Tags: 33 Revolutions Cafe, Awaken Cafe, Barefoot Coffee Roasters, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, coffee, Coffee Bar, Coffee Ratings, Counter Culture Coffee, Dynamo Donuts, East Bay coffee, Ecco Caffe, Epicenter Cafe, espresso, farm:table, Flying Goat Coffee, Four Barrel Coffee, Haus Cafe, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, Intelligentsia Silverlake, Intelligentsia Venice, Local 123, Los Angeles coffee, Man Seeking Coffee, Modern Coffee, Mojo Bicycle Cafe, Moksha Coffee Roasters, Mr. Espresso, New York City coffee, Pacific Bay Coffee Company, Remedy Coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, San Francisco coffee, Scarlett City Coffee Roasters, Sightglass Coffee, Specialty's Cafe and Bakery, Stable Coffee, Stumptown Ace Hotel New York, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, Subrosa Coffee, Taylor Maid Farms, The Shot, Verve Coffee Roasters
Trick or…Coffee?
Halloween activities most typically involve costumes, collecting candy or cavorting in the Castro (or the location du jour), but I, unintentionally, managed to associate Halloween with the anniversary of this blog. That’s right. I started writing Man Seeking Coffee two years ago on October 31, 2007. So I’ll start this post by patting myself on [...]
June 23, 2009 Category: California, East Bay, North Bay, Rating 3, United States, the scoop Tags: Blackbird Cafe, coffee, coffee review, espresso, Grand Lake Farmers Market, Lightspeed Organic Espresso Blend, Marin Farmers Market, rating coffee, Scarlett City Coffee Roasters
Name: Blackbird Cafe
Location: Grand Lake Farmer’s Market, Oakland, CA Marin Farmers Market, Marin Civic Center
Rating: 3+
I got word a few weeks ago from Jen over at Scarlett City Coffee Roasting that Blackbird Cafe would be opening up a kiosk at the Grand Lake Farmer’s Market. This was great news. I’ve long been meaning to get up [...]
March 17, 2009 Category: California, North Bay, Rating 3, Rating 4, San Francisco, United States, coffee@home Tags: coffee, coffee review, cup of excellence, espresso, Guatemala coffee, Guatemala San Jose El Yalu, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters Bean: San José El Yalú Guatemala
Cafe: Ritual Coffee Roasters
Rating: straddling the border between a 3 and a 4
I picked up a bag of this year’s El Yalú at the Berkeley Whole Foods being careful to check the roast date. I’ve noticed that the coffee sent to Whole Foods is not only often Ritual’s second tier [...]
January 1, 2009 Category: California, North Bay, Oregon, Portland, Rating 4, San Francisco, United States, coffee@home Tags: coffee, coffee review, Ecco Caffe, El Salvador Finca Matalapa, espresso, Four Barrel Coffee, Guatemala coffee, Guatemala Finca Semillero, Kenya coffee, Kenya Kirinyaga Muburi, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, siphon brewer, Stumptown Coffee Roasters
Beans: Kenya Muburi Kirinyaga and Guatemala Finca Semillero
Roaster: Ritual Roasters & Stumptown (via Four Barrel Coffee)
Rating: 4 & 4-
This post isn’t a Ritual vs. Stumptown taste test even though it does compare one coffee from each of these two roasters. What I’m hoping to illustrate with this comparison are the varied extremes that two very good [...]
December 4, 2008 Category: California, North Bay, Rating 3, Rating 4, Sacramento, United States, coffee@home Tags: Chocolate Fish Coffee, coffee, coffee review, Decaf coffee, Ecco Caffe, Ecco Caffe Reserve Espresso, espresso, Northern Italian Reserve Espresso, rating coffee, Sumatra coffee, Sumatra Gayo Mountain Decaf
Beans: Northern Italian Reserve Espresso, Organic SWP Decaffeinated Sumatra Gayo Mountain
Roaster: Ecco Caffe
Rating: 4-, 3+
During my recent visit to Chocolate Fish Coffee, I picked up two bags of Ecco Caffe coffee – the two blends I tried while visiting. I always enjoy calibrating my home espresso against a well-prepared rendition by some skilled baristas that could [...]
November 14, 2008 Category: California, North Bay, Rating 3, San Francisco, United States, coffee@home Tags: coffee, coffee review, cup of excellence, El Salvador coffee, El Salvador Finca Matalapa, espresso, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, siphon brewer, USBC 2008
Beans: CoE Matalapa, La Libertad, El Salvador
Roaster: Ritual Coffee Roasters
Rating: 3
There were three reasons why I had high hopes for this coffee.
First, this coffee placed 10th in the 2008 El Salvador Cup of Excellence competition with a score of 88. Nothing mind-bogglingly amazing, but no slouch of a coffee either.
Second, this coffee hails from the same [...]
October 14, 2008 Category: California, North Bay, Rating 4, San Francisco, United States, coffee@home Tags: Chris Baca, coffee, coffee review, Colombia coffee, Colombia Finca El Guayabo, espresso, french press, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Slow Food Nation 2008 (The picture was sadly corrupted)
Beans: Finca El Guayabo Huila, Colombia
Roaster: Ritual Roasters
Rating: 4 (for espresso, a little less when brewed)
My first encounter with this coffee was at the 2008 Slow Food Nation coffee tasting pavilion where it was prepared for me as a single origin espresso on a LaMarzocco GB/5 by none other than Chris Baca, [...]
September 17, 2008 Category: California, North Bay, Rating 3, United States, coffee@home Tags: coffee, coffee review, De La Paz Coffee, Decaf coffee, Flying Goat Coffee, Mexico coffee, Mexico Decaf, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Woodberry Kitchen
Beans: Mexican Decaf
Roaster: Flying Goat Coffee
Rating: 3
I picked up this decaf while at Flying Goat a few weeks back. They had two in stock – a Sumatran and the Mexican. Given my recent success with a delicious decaf Mexican at Woodberry Kitchen, I figured I’d give the Mexican a try.
This coffee has a slightly sharp aroma [...]
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